Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
-
Is Milwaukee safe from the RNC’s attendees?
Guns, white supremacists, and Trump’s sentencing heighten concerns about the convention’s threats to the city’s residents.
-
The free market will not solve Madison’s jets-vs.-housing problem
As centrists fall for the fantasy, who will end up living in the flight path?
-
What we learned from UW-Madison’s pro-Palestine encampment
How this protest fits into recent history, what to carry moving forward, and what to leave behind.
-
East-siders brought a wealth of tough questions to Madison’s first “budget engagement” of the year
As the City of Madison faces a $27 million deficit for 2025, residents are digging into the details and hashing out priorities.
-
Protests, access, and the official story
Please stop bellyaching about encampments having media-trained spokespeople.
-
Solidarity and obstinance sprouted anew after a police raid on UW-Madison’s pro-Palestine encampment
The protest marked a week of growth and peace, as some local officials showed support and others refused to take the movement seriously.
-
The police brought violence to UW-Madison’s Gaza encampment
Wednesday morning’s crackdown included brutal attacks on protestors, arrests without charges, and a dubious narrative.
-
Surviving disaster relief in the wake of the Monona Hills fire
People who lost their homes in the March 2023 fire share accounts of discrimination from the Red Cross, and praise community mutual-aid efforts.
-
The concert behemoth in the backyard
Reconciling a global monopoly with a locally grown subsidiary is a challenge, and that’s understandable.
-
Wisconsin Watch: Wisconsin voters with disabilities demand a better way to vote absentee
A new lawsuit seeks an electronic voting option so voters have a right to cast an absentee ballot privately and unassisted, but there are security risk concerns.
